From Nave’s Topical Bible
Perjury
Every passage the 1896 Nave’s Topical Biblegathers under this heading, in Nave’s own arrangement and then in Bible order. MannaFest has not written this page — it is the older index, transcribed, with the Word travelling beside each reference.
- 23Passages listed
- 13Books of the 66
- 1896Nave's edition
How Nave’s arranged it
- General scriptures concerningLeviticus 6:2–7Leviticus 19:12Isaiah 48:1Jeremiah 5:2Jeremiah 7:9Hosea 10:4Zechariah 5:4Zechariah 8:17Malachi 3:5Matthew 5:331 Timothy 1:91 Timothy 1:10
- See Falsehood
- See False Witness
- See Oath
- INSTANCES OF
- Zedekiah2 Chronicles 36:13
- Witnesses against Naboth1 Kings 21:8–13
- DavidPsalms 35:11
- JesusMatthew 26:59Mark 14:56Mark 14:57
- StephenActs 6:11Acts 6:13Acts 6:14
- Peter, when he denied Jesus with an oathMatthew 26:74Mark 14:71
The passages, in Bible order (23)
The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.
- Leviticus 6:2–7
“If someone sins and acts unfaithfully against the LORD by deceiving his neighbor in regard to a deposit or security entrusted to him or stolen, or if he extorts his neighbor
Commentary on Leviticus 6:2–71 voice
Lie unto his neighbor, etc. - This must refer to a case in which a person delivered his property to his neighbor to be preserved for him, and took no witness to attest the delivery of the goods; such a person therefore might deny that he had ever received such goods, for he who had deposited them with him could bring no proof of the delivery.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the BibleEvangelical
- Leviticus 19:12
You must not swear falsely by My name and so profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.
- 1 Kings 21:8–13
Then Jezebel wrote letters in Ahab’s name, sealed them with his seal, and sent them to the elders and nobles who lived with Naboth in his city.
Commentary on 1 Kings 21:8–131 voice
She wrote letters in Ahab’s name - She counterfeited his authority by his own consent; and he lent his signet to stamp that authority.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the BibleEvangelical
- 2 Chronicles 36:13
He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God. But Zedekiah stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to the LORD, the God of Israel.
Commentary on 2 Chronicles 36:131 voice
The oath of allegiance was taken when he was first installed in his kingdom. On Zedekiah’s sin in breaking his oath, see Eze 17:18-20; Eze 21:25.
Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)Evangelical
- Psalms 35:11
Hostile witnesses come forward; they make charges I know nothing about.
Commentary on Psalms 35:111 voice
The person of Christ is introduced here, denounced and falsely accused at the tribunal of the chief priests when there rose up evil witnesses against him, and they repaid evil things for good and bereavement for his soul. They were called sons of God but …
Pseudo-Athanasius· EXPOSITION ON PSALM 35Patristic
- Isaiah 48:1
“Listen to this, O house of Jacob, you who are called by the name of Israel, who have descended from the line of Judah, who swear by the name of the LORD, who invoke the God of Israel—but not in truth or righteousness—
- Jeremiah 5:2
Although they say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives,’ they are swearing falsely.”
- Jeremiah 7:9
Will you steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury, burn incense to Baal, and follow other gods that you have not known,
Commentary on Jeremiah 7:91 voice
Will ye steal, murder - Will you continue to commit such abominations, and pretend to worship me; and thus defile the place that is called by my name; and so make my house a den of robbers? I have seen this, - and can you expect to escape condign punishment? Ye shall not escape.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the BibleEvangelical
- Hosea 10:4
They speak mere words; with false oaths they make covenants. So judgment springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a field.
Commentary on Hosea 10:42 voices
Because now they will say, 'There is no king for us, for we did not fear the Lord, and what will the king do to us?' Speaking words of useless vision, and you will strike a covenant, and judgment will germinate like bitterness over the furrows of the field. "LXX: "Therefore now they will say, there is no king for us, because we did not fear the Lord, but what will the king do to us? Speaking words, false excuses: he will arrange a testament, and judgment will arise like grass over the desert of the field.
Jerome· Commentary on Hosea 10:3-4Patristic
They have spoken words - Vain, empty, deceitful words. Swearing falsely - This refers to the alliances made with strange powers, to whom they promised fidelity without intending to be faithful; and from whom they promised themselves protection and support, notwithstanding God was against them, and they knew it. All their words were vain, and in the end as bitter as gall. Judgment springeth up as hemlock - As our land lies without cultivation, so that we have nothing but noxious weeds instead of crops; so we have no administration of justice.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the BibleEvangelical
- Zechariah 5:4
I will send it out, declares the LORD of Hosts, and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of him who swears falsely by My name. It will remain inside his house and destroy it, down to its timbers and stones.”
Commentary on Zechariah 5:41 voice
Into the house of him - Babylon, the house or city of Nebuchadnezzar, who was a public plunderer, and a most glaring idolater.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the BibleEvangelical
- Zechariah 8:17
do not plot evil in your hearts against your neighbor, and do not love to swear falsely, for I hate all these things,” declares the LORD.
Commentary on Zechariah 8:171 voice
For all these things do I hate - Literally, emphatic, “For they are all these things which I hate.” This is the sum of what I hate; for they comprise in brief the breaches of the two tables, the love of God and of man.
Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)Evangelical
- Malachi 3:5
“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of their wages and deny justice to the foreigner but do not fear Me,” says the LORD of Hosts.
- Matthew 5:33
Again, you have heard that it was said to the ancients, ‘Do not break your oath, but fulfill your vows to the Lord.’
Commentary on Matthew 5:331 voice
This was allowed under the Law, as to children; as they offered sacrifice to God, that they might not do it to idols, so they were permitted to swear by God; not that the thing was right, but that it were better done to God than to dæmons.
Jerome· Catena Aurea by AquinasPatristic
- Matthew 26:59
Now the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were seeking false testimony against Jesus in order to put Him to death.
- Matthew 26:74
At that he began to curse and swear to them, “I do not know the man!” And immediately a rooster crowed.
Commentary on Matthew 26:742 voices
(Verse 74, 75.) Then he began to curse and swear, saying that he did not know the man. And immediately the rooster crowed. And Peter remembered the word of Jesus that he had said: Before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times. In another Gospel, we read that after Peter's denial and the rooster's crowing, the Savior looked at Peter and with his gaze, he caused him to burst into bitter tears. It was not possible for him to remain in the darkness of denial, whom the light of the world had looked upon.
Jerome· Commentary on MatthewPatristic
Upon examining Peter's denial, we note that "as yet the Spirit had not been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified." For this reason, neither was it possible for Peter at the time to profess belief in Jesus nor was he to be criticized for not professing belief in him, since it is said to those who profess belief: "It is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you."
Origen of Alexandria· COMMENTARY ON MATTHEW 114Patristic
- Mark 14:56
For many bore false witness against Jesus, but their testimony was inconsistent.
Commentary on Mark 14:561 voice
But iniquity lied as the queen did against Joseph, and the priests against Susannah, but a flame goes out, if it has no fuel; wherefore it goes on, And found none. For many bare false witness against him, but their witness agreed not together. For whatever is not consistent is held to be doubtful.
Pseudo-Jerome· Catena Aurea by AquinasPatristic